Camas’ Campbell Deringer earns pair of runner-up finishes at 4A state swim meet

FEDERAL WAY — Campbell Deringer came to the state swimming championship with an eye on a second-place finish.

The Camas senior left the King County Aquatic Center with a pair of runner-up finishes in the Class 4A meet, taking second in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100 breaststroke.

Deringer said a second-place in the breaststroke was the goal, but the individual medley came as a surprise.

“It was really unexpected,” Deringer said. “The 200 IM is not my strongest event. I just went into kind of like ‘whatever happens happens.’ I think I was really relaxed, so everything just came together.”

Deringer was seeded fifth in the 200 IM coming out of Friday’s prelims. But she cut more than three seconds off that time Saturday to finish second in 2 minutes, 9.89 seconds. Woodinville’s Maren Rusk won in 2:09.36.

In the breaststroke, with Issaquah’s Gillian Tue setting records left and right, the goal was second, which Deringer got by finishing in 1:04.14.

“It wasn’t the time I wanted, but I was super happy with the placing,” she said. “It wasn’t a bad race. I wanted to go faster, but I think it’s still as super awesome time. It’s right around my best.”

Camas teammate Lila McGeachy also earned two medals, finishing fifth in the 200 freestyle (1:59.29) and seventh in the 500 free (5:19.79).

“I think the whole season was gearing up for this, for me and all my teammates,” Deringer said. “All of us preformed really, really well.”

In the 2A meet in the afternoon, Hockinson’s Paige Dangleis placed fourth in the 100 free in 56.42 seconds.

Ridgefield’s Medea Rusu was fifth in the 100 backstroke (1:03.15) and seventh in the 200 IM (2:17.05). McKelvey Brewer of Hudson’s Bay was sixth in the 100 butterfly (1:02.59).

STATE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

At King County Aquatic Center, Federal Way

CLASS 4A FINALS

Team scores — 1, Newport 239; 2, Tahoma 234; 3, Issaquah 169.5. Also: 13, Camas 70; 25, Union 11; 28, Skyview 7; 31, Battle Ground 3.

200 medley relay — 13, Union (Alexia Bravo, Jean Lin, Joli Fong, Nicole Adams) 1:58.33; 14, Camas (Genova Michaelson, Campbell Deringer, An Bui, Zoe Chapin) 1:58.64.

200 freestyle — 5, Lila McGeachy (Camas) 1:59.29; 15, Bailey Trahan (Skyview) 2:04.31.

200 individual medley — 2, Campbell Deringer (Camas) 2:09.89.

100 freestyle — 13, Paula Galvez (Skyview) 56.76.

500 freestyle — 7, Lila McGeachy (Camas) 5:19.79.

100 backstroke — 14, Nina Uchtmann (Battle Ground) 1:03.55.

100 breaststroke — 2, Campbell Deringer (Camas) 1:04.14; 14, Camille McClafferty (Union) 1:11.63.

400 free relay — 12, Camas (Lila McGeachy, Jennifer Gonzales Corona, Sophia Wade, Campbell Deringer) 3:48.12.

CLASS 3A FINALS

To be held Saturday night

CLASS 2A-1A FINALS

200 individual medley — 7, Medea Rusu (Ridgefield) 2:17.05; 9, Paige Dangleis (Hockinson) 2:19.58.

100 butterfly — 6, McKelvey Brewer (Hudson’s Bay) 1:02.59.

100 freestyle — 4, Paige Dangleis (Hockinson) 56.42.

500 freestyle — 16, McKelvey Brewer (Hudson’s Bay) 6:04.83.

100 backstroke — 5, Medea Rusu (Ridgefield) 1:03.15.